NEW YORK - The first question tossed Ilya Bryzgalov's way was about all the odd-man breaks coming his way Tuesday night.

"Huh?" the Russian goalie said with a look of confusion after a 4-2 Philadelphia Flyers loss to the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. "I don't understand what exactly that means."

Someone then asked if there was a turning point.

"Exactly what is turning point?" Bryzgalov said after a game in which the Flyers lost a 2-1 lead in the final minute of the first period and then had a third-period tie turn into a setback thanks to two goals by Rick Nash.

Next came a question Bryzgalov had no problem understanding. He was reminded that the Flyers had just reached the halfway point to this short season with a losing record, then he was asked to sum it up.

Bryzgalov paused for five seconds, let out a big breath, then decided to speak his mind honestly.

"Not good," he said. "We're not good. We obviously not in the spot where we want to be and (if nothing changes) it's going to be more ugly. What else can I say? This is the reality."

April 28: Ottawa Senators center Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored the tiebreaking goal, and added an assist in the 4-2 win over the Boston Bruins. The win solidified the Senators as a No. 7 seed heading into the playoffs.
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April 27: New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist had 20 saves against the New Jersey Devils in his second shutout of the season. With the Rangers 4-0 win, they avoided meeting the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the playoffs.
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April 27: Pittsburgh Penguins left wing James Neal Neal completed a hat trick during the third period against the Carolina Hurricanes. The Pittsburgh Penguins won 8-3.
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April 25: After only two and a half months removed from a torn Achilles tendon, Erik Karlsson returned to the ice for the Ottawa Senators, who defeated the Washington Capitals 2-1 to clinch a playoff spot.
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April 25: Columbus right wing Cam Atkinson scored two goals in the Blue Jackets' win over the Dallas Stars. The win was crucial, as Columbus remains in playoff contention.
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April 24: Mike Smith, whose Phoenix Coyotes were eliminated before the game started, made 33 saves, including this one against Joe Thornton, to beat the San Jose Sharks.
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April 21: There will not be a better top performance this season, as the Boston Bruins as a whole defeated the Panthers 3-0. It was the Bruins' first victory since the tragic events that plagued the city over the past week.
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April 21: LA's Dustin Brown had two goals in the Kings' 4-3 win over the Dallas Stars. The win gave the Kings sole possession of fourth place in the West, and a better shot at home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs.
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April 18: New York Islanders forward John Tavares had two goals and one assist in the 5-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. New York's win prevented Toronto from clinching a playoff birth.
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April 19: New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur recorded his 121st shutout in the 3-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. The win brought New Jersey's 10-game losing streak to a halt.
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April 16: Winnipeg's Andrew Ladd celebrates after scoring against Tampa Bay. Ladd scored twice, notched an assist and netted the decisive goal in a shootout in a 4-3 win over the Lightning.
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April 12: Blackhawks left wing Brandon Saad had the game-winning goal in a shootout against the Detroit Red Wings. Chicago's win clinched the Central division for the first time since 2010, when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup.
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April 10: Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo wasn't supposed to start, but Cory Schneider came down with the flu. Luongo, making his first start since March 18, had 40 saves in a 4-1 win against the Calgary Flames.
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April 10: Boston Bruins center Gregory Campbell, middle, moved up to the top line because of injuries, scored twice, one a short-handed goal, in a 5-4 win against the New Jersey Devils.
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April 10: Colorado goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere's contribution to the Avalanche's 4-1 shocker against the Anaheim Ducks came days earlier when he ripped his teammates' work ethic. That sparked the last-place team and Giguere made 21 saves in the victory.
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April 9: Pittsburgh right wing Pascal Dupuis scored a goal and notched two assists in a 5-3 win over the Hurricanes. Dupuis and the Penguins clinched the Atlantic Division title.
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April 9: Columbus goalie Sergei Bobrovsky makes a kick save against the Sharks. Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots and earned his fourth shutout of the season in a 4-0 win over San Jose.
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April 8: Anaheim Ducks right wing Radek Dvorak scored both goals in a 2-1 win against the Edmonton Oilers. He has three goals in five games since signing out of Europe.
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April 7: Chicago Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane (88) scored an empty net goal against the Nashville Predators in a 5-3 win. Kane and the rest of the Blackhawks are the first team in the NHL to clinch a playoff spot this season.
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April 5: Jussi Jokinen of the Pittsburgh Penguins joined his new team via trade earlier this week. Jokinen scored one goal in regulation, then tallied the only score in a shootout in the 2-1 win over the Rangers.
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April 4: Newly-acquired veteran Jaromir Jagr scored the lone goal for the Boston Bruins in a 1-0 win over New Jersey. The 41-year-old forward was traded from Dallas earlier in the week.
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April 4: Tampa Bay goalie Ben Bishop recorded a career-high 45 saves in his first appearance with the Lightning. Thanks to the shutout, Tampa was able to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-0.
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April 4: Columbus forward Marian Gaborik had the go-ahead goal and added an assist in his first game with the Blue Jackets. After being acquired from the New York Rangers earlier in the week, Gaborik led Columbus to a 3-1 win over Nashville.
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April 3: In his first game in a Rangers jersey, Ryan Clowe received the first star of the game award. Clowe scored his first two goals of the season in a 6-1 win over Pittsburgh.
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March 30: Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tomas Vokoun salutes the crowd after shutting out the New York Islanders, 2-0. Vokoun made 35 saves and earned his second straight shutout.
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March 30: Edmonton Oilers left wing Taylor Hall, right, celebrates his goal with teammate Corey Potter, left. Hall had a hat trick by 7:53 of the first period, breaking Wayne Gretzky's record for fastest hat trick from the start of a game.
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March 29; Dallas Stars right wing Jaromir Jagr had one assist and a secondary one at that. But it made him the first European with 1,000 assists and helped end the Minnesota Wild's seven-game winning streak.
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March 28: New York right wing Colin McDonald, middle, scored twice for the Islanders, who would go on to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers in a shootout. New York improved to 10-4-1 on the road with the win.
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March 28: Phoenix's Rostislav Klesla aided the Coyotes' 7-4 blowout against the Nashville Predators by tallying four assists. The Coyotes used a huge first period to trounce the Preds, ending their seven-game losing streak.
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March 26: Carolina defenseman Jamie McBain helped Evander Kane notch a goal when he scored on his own net. Kane also added three assists in Winnipeg's 4-1 win over the Hurricanes.
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That's when Nash took over. The star winger who was dealt from Columbus to New York last summer scored 2:50 into the third on a wrister from the right circle for a 3-2 Rangers lead, then struck again with a breakaway goal at 11:42 to make it a two-goal game.

"Well, we made a couple mistakes, and a player like Nash when he's coming at you full speed is hard to stop," said right wing Jakub Voracek, who assisted on the Flyers' first goal and scored their second. "But you know what? We're too good of a team to lose a game like that."

The Flyers have dropped a lot of games so far that were up for grabs in the third, and this one left them 0-5-1 at Madison Square Garden since a 4-2 win there in February 2011.

"It's going to be a big week for two months," Flyers left wing Scott Hartnell said. "We can't be frustrated by this. We obviously have a couple of big opponents right through the weekend. We gotta get our game back, we gotta be fresh, we gotta get going and we gotta find a way to get points."